Hours
Thursdays
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Corrugated cardboard, film plastics, and Styrofoam can be dropped at the Depot. Clothing donations are no longer accepted at the Recycling Depot.
Address: 320 Highway 9, Walkerton, Ontario
Blue Box Recycling
Our blue box pick up and recycling services are provided by Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling or BASWRA, a non-profit formed by Bruce County municipalities in 1990.
Collection for roadside blue box pick up is scheduled every two weeks, the date of pick up is dependent on where you live and can be found here: 2025 Blue Box/Recycling Schedule
Blue Box recycling must be:
- At the curbside or roadside by 6:30am for collection
- Placed in a ‘lipped’ bin for sorting
- At least one blue box must be at roadside
- If necessary, overflow may be placed in additional non blue box bins, provided they are ‘lipped’ however just placing non blue box bins increases the risk of being missed
- Overflow may also be sorted and bagged in clear garbage bags. Unsorted bagged recycling will not be taken. Note the bags will not be taken.
- Items that are not accepted will be left in the blue box
Blue boxes can be purchased at the municipal office for a fee of $20.75 or at any hardware store.
Blue box materials can also be recycled at the landfill locations for free.
For a full list of accepted items, visit: Accepted Items and to sign up for email reminders for blue box day, visit: Email Reminders. Call the recycling hotline at 1-800-794-9770 if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Corrugated cardboard is not recyclable through blue box collection like box board and will not be picked up.
Flattening the boxes is required to ensure all available space is used.
Corrugated cardboard can be recycled for free at any of the Brockton landfill sites and at the Walkerton Recycling Depot.
Electronic Waste can be recycled for free at the Brant landfill site and at the Walkerton Recycling Depot.
Film plastics make up a large portion of household waste and recycling them closes the loop allowing for consumer packaging that can be remanufactured into new materials.
All plastic must be cleaned of food residue, with any stickers, paper and receipts removed. It is recommended to fill a recyclable bag with the film plastics to prevent loose material.
Film Plastics can be recycled for free at any of the Brockton landfill sites and at the Walkerton Recycling Depot.
All polystyrene must be clean with stickers and tape removed. Placing dirty polystyrene in the bins contaminates the surrounding recyclable materials.
Polystyrene can be recycled for free at the Walkerton Recycling Depot.
Printer cartridges can be recycled for free at the Walkerton Recycling Depot.
Recycling scrap metal helps conserve energy and resources and items that are mostly metal or completely metal are accepted, at the landfill attendant’s discretion, at the landfill locations.
Note: large appliances are not included within this program.
The municipal landfill sites have a compost pile for household compost, yard waste and leaf collection. If depositing bagged compost, the only bags that are permitted are biodegradable Kraft paper waste bags. No plastic bags will be accepted.
Contact Us
Municipality of Brockton
100 Scott Street, P.O. Box 68,
Walkerton, Ontario N0G 2V0, Canada
Phone: 519-881-2223,
Toll Free: 1-877-885-8084,
Fax: 519-881-2991
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